Extrusion vector
Extrusion vector
(OP)
In earlier versions of NX (eg NX2) you could right click an extrude feature in the part navigator, click 'information' and it would include the vector direction of the extrude. Is there an easy way to get at this information in NX6? It is useful to know when tracking down modeling errors such as something that should be extruded along the X direction vector but in reality is only close to X.





RE: Extrusion vector
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Extrusion vector
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Does that give you what you want?
RE: Extrusion vector
I believe NX2 was the first version to allow the use of drag handles on an extrude. We never turned that option on and instead used the older dialogs (from NX1 or earlier). Would that affect the output of the information window? Perhaps the direction vector wasn't shown if you were using the newer dialogs?
RE: Extrusion vector
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Extrusion vector
I can live without the vector direction and there are workarounds, but it was nice to have it at the click of a button.